Correspondence, newspaper articles, speeches and other miscellaneous papers written by and about Elmo Israel Ellis from 1927 to 2002. The materials are related to his career as a broadcast journalist/executive and as a newspaper columnist.

Four letters sent from this Montgomery, Alabama, officer in the 1st Alabama Cavalry describing troop movements, skirmishes, battles, and life in the camp, as well as the Jewish soldiers from Montgomery.

Letters recounting an 1820-1821 journey to Alabama by William H. Ely, Commissioner of the Connecticut Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb. The letters describe both the difficulties of his mission and the lifestyle of the early inhabitants of the state of Alabama.

Emily of Liberty, Indiana, wrote to Catherine Newton about her brother's illness and impending death. Philander (Emily's brother) asked to be sent home to die and since arriving had been in and out of consciousness.